Russian authorities have confirmed after an emergency service made the call.
The missing Russian aircraft which crashed near the village of Argunovo was carrying 65 passengers and 6 crew members.
The plane made a take-off from Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport and was heading to the Russian city of Orsk.

The Russian airliner is said to have first gone out of radar contact minutes after it took off.
The plane is believed to be An-148 jet and crashed early in the afternoon local time.
Russian state media news agency Tass was the first to report the crash.
More to follow.